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Husky fanatic said:
Very enjoyable game. Thought they competed well against the Pros. Thought Liv played pretty well tonight. Question for anyone at the game. Who won the halftime game between Kara and Rebecca's teams?
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Rebecca's team had more baskets, some good passing and one player #15 looks like a future star- passing to open teammates, dribbling skills, speed and shooting layups with either hand!
 
I think it's one of the best games they've played all season, and considering the competition, that's a great sign. The pros are just bigger, faster, stronger, and more experienced. Megan really showed out and well and she will be a very high draft pick next year.
 
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Meg proved she can play with the best, Anna showed us we just might win a national championship. Three turn overs for the one attempting great passes against height and immense skill is aggressive play. Two of eight from three (a different range than she‘s used to) tells me she’s looking to score. She also did a step back shorter jumper in traffic, blocked a shot, grabbed rebounds, made steals, deflected I don’t know how many shots against taller opponents, and played like a senior. CD was smallest player on court but didn’t play like it. Liv actually fought hard against all pro posts. Christyn came back after a poor start. Evelyn had good minutes. Molly and Kyla played unafraid. Aubrey fought for rebounds. All in all, a gutty performance. Let’s pop buttons.
 
ucbart said:
I think it's one of the best games they've played all season, and considering the competition, that's a great sign. The pros are just bigger, faster, stronger, and more experienced. Megan really showed out and well and she will be a very high draft pick next year.
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I think they play freer because there is nothing to lose, no real consequence, compared to playing against Baylor even though Baylor's team is obviously weaker than Team USA. If they can adopt that mindset against Oregon and SC, they will probably win.
 
HuskyNan said:
:rolleyes: Ania is a freshman playing against WNBA pros. She acquitted herself pretty damn well.

Geez, some UConn fans have ridiculous expectations
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He seems to always look for something negative to say. Also, Bent, Adebayo (sp), and Griffin did well when they were in the game. They were playing when UConn came back in the second quarter.
 
I would be interested in how the USA Team roster that played tonight compares to the one that lost to Oregon back in November. If the rosters were largely the same, then the fact that Oregon defeated Team USA and UConn lost by 15 points is concerning for the outcome of next Monday night's game. However, I suspect that Team USA was missing more players in November than they are now, and in any case the November version would have had less practice time together.
 
I'm just darn proud of our team. Forget that Team USA had limited practice. They are all world class b'ball players and UConn didn't back down. The team more than upheld the honor and reputation of Husky b'ball. They should KNOW now that there isn't a college team they can't beat. I'm not predicting we run the table (doubtful we will) and win a NC, but a NC isn't a long shot by any means.
 
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After a rough start, down 19-5, UConn fought back and competed wonderfully. They fought inside against bigger, older, better players. They took the ball to the hoop. They did not back down. I was very proud of them.

I predict that Liv will turn things around and we will look back on this game as the turning point.

I don’t like to be critical of other posters, but a lot of the negative comments in this thread are just silly.
 
If you watch Geno's Presser on the UCONN site the last question he gets was apparently asked by a former player. I could not however, tell who it was. Does anyone have any idea? Geno had some fun with them.
 
JoePgh said:
I would be interested in how the USA Team roster that played tonight compares to the one that lost to Oregon back in November. If the rosters were largely the same, then the fact that Oregon defeated Team USA and UConn lost by 15 points is concerning for the outcome of next Monday night's game. However, I suspect that Team USA was missing more players in November than they are now, and in any case the November version would have had less practice time together.
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I know Stewie didn't play against Oregon.
 
JoePgh said:
I would be interested in how the USA Team roster that played tonight compares to the one that lost to Oregon back in November. If the rosters were largely the same, then the fact that Oregon defeated Team USA and UConn lost by 15 points is concerning for the outcome of next Monday night's game. However, I suspect that Team USA was missing more players in November than they are now, and in any case the November version would have had less practice time together.
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Here a link to the box score: https://www.usab.com/~/media/5f464283531f48dd92547c56c4214230.ashx?la=en
 
JoePgh said:
I would be interested in how the USA Team roster that played tonight compares to the one that lost to Oregon back in November. If the rosters were largely the same, then the fact that Oregon defeated Team USA and UConn lost by 15 points is concerning for the outcome of next Monday night's game. However, I suspect that Team USA was missing more players in November than they are now, and in any case the November version would have had less practice time together.
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Not close to the same... no Stewie, no Tina Charles, no Brittany Griner, no Aja Wilson, no Elena Della Donne. Lots of frontcourt players missing allowed Oregon to outrebound them.
 
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Collier and Taurasi played, and were very effective against Oregon (second and fourth leading scorers for USA), as did Fowles and Ogwumike. The big difference was A'ja Wilson did not make the trip as expected due to a family emergency, so they were short a front court player as Fowles was in foul trouble.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Not close to the same... no Stewie, no Tina Charles, no Brittany Griner, no Aja Wilson, no Elena Della Donne. Lots of frontcourt players missing allowed Oregon to outrebound them.
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You know Griner, Wilson and EDD didn't play tonight either, right?

Stewie and Charles grabbed some boards but they sure didn't hit many shots.
 
Here is a video of Lou talking about Kobe and Gigi. The audio isnt clear. However, in the background you can see Anna meeting DT and getting a hug. I think one of the UConn staff(woman in white sweater) pushes Anna over to meet her.

 
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Seven USA players were in both games: Ogwumike, Fowles, Bird, Chelsea Gray, Diggins-Smith, Clarendon, and Plum. Four others played against Oregon: Seimone Augustus, DT, Napheesa, and Alisha Gray.
Four played against Uconn tonight: Stewart, Charles, McBryde, KLS.

On another subject, at the 5:36 point of the second quarter, USA led UCONN 25-17. USA subbed Bird, Charles, and Diggins for Ogwumike, Gray, and Plum. UCONN subbed Bent and Adebayo. for ONO and Williams. At the 2:57 mark, Adebayo gave UCONN their first lead of the game, 28-27, on an assist from CD. Talk about the bench stepping up!
 
Fairfield Fan said:
The first half was UConn's best game (half) of the season. They played aggressively, weren't intimidated. They drove to the basket, rebounded aggressively. Looked great!

But too many mistakes, especially unforced turnovers. And Makurat ran out of magic- 2 for 8 from outside.

But honestly, I wonder whether Team USA isn't getting too old for this. The older veterans were on the bench late in the second half when USA started sticking it to UConn. Wonder whether some older players are just not going to make the team this year....

But exciting, exhilarating basketball from UConn in the first half!!! YEAHHHHH!!!!
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Basically the older players that been on the team like Sue and Dee are on the team already! The same with Tina, Sylvia, Angel, Britney, and Elena! The only way they won't play is if they can't or don't want to. I haven't heard anything about Seimone but I would think the same for her.
 
JoePgh said:
I would be interested in how the USA Team roster that played tonight compares to the one that lost to Oregon back in November. If the rosters were largely the same, then the fact that Oregon defeated Team USA and UConn lost by 15 points is concerning for the outcome of next Monday night's game. However, I suspect that Team USA was missing more players in November than they are now, and in any case the November version would have had less practice time together.
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To begin with it is not really reliable to attempt to come to conclusions using comparative scores. All teams play varies from day today. If one is objective some information can be gleaned. Allot depends on how well we know the teams involved. Do we know them well enough to discern where on a sliding scale each effort reflected? Were their shots dropping? Were the misses a result of good defense or just cold shooting? We will just have to wait till Monday to find out the result.

I can and will point out some mistakes on your part. While the number of players remains the same the only constant is the core group of the USA team. Basically DT, Bird, Nneka. C. Gray, Diggins, Fowles, Augustus and Della Don. Della Don played in neither and is probably out because of injury. DT did not play at Uconn but played at Oregon. Augustus also played at Oregon. Other players are added according to availability. For the Uconn game the emphasis was on adding former Uconn players. Charles, Stewie ( who probably would not have played yet except for this game ) and KLS.

In respect to practice- The Oregon game was the last of three games in a row with basically the core group together except they lost Wilson. They had practiced for about a week before their first of three games so they were not really rusty. This group that played Uconn had not been together for a time and it was basically their first practice together as a group. It showed on defense more than offense.

In respect to shooting. Team USA did not shoot well and their percentage was pretty bad until the fourth Quarter. And it was not usually because Uconn played good defense.

Some things I noticed. It appeared that team USA had decided they would not attack Uconn at their weakness by taking the ball inside. Although they did so in the fourth quarter at will. They also gave Uconn a handicap from the very beginning. KLS was Uconn's most valuable player in the game. Her defense created most of the open looks that Uconn enjoyed in their 2nd Q comeback. Part of it was more than likely because she had never practiced with the team, but a major part was that she is just a weak defender. I can see why she did not get much time on the court with her team. My apologies to KLS. I was mistaken. It was not her that played horrible defense in the second quarter. She was not even in the game. I mistook her for Stewie. USA was playing with Stewie, Fowles, and Charles in the lineup. That left Stewart to on Walker and other guards who just ate her up. Stewie is not ready to play and it was obvious throughout the game. Teams can usually compensate for defensive weaknesses via the defensive scheme, but the team really didn't have the time to do so. Even so, most players were eating her alive when she was one on one with them. Especially Anna. That was just a ridiculous line up to put on the floor, I suspect it was to put as many ex Uconn players together as possible.
 
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Wbbfan1 said:
I think what happened in the 4th Quarter besides Team USA flipping the Switch is some UConn players saw an Opportunity to win the Game. A couple of players tried to do too much and didn't let the Offense Flow. Then when UConn missed or had a Turn over, Team USA went down the court and scored a basket. All of a sudden a one possession game was a 4 or 5 possession game.
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Team USA also had their better defenders in the game at the end. And especially - KLS was not on the floor for Uconn to take advantage of.
 
ucbart said:
I think it's one of the best games they've played all season, and considering the competition, that's a great sign. The pros are just bigger, faster, stronger, and more experienced. Megan really showed out and well and she will be a very high draft pick next year.
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Because Megan did so well and with the new CBA. If she will leave early.
 
nwhoopfan said:
You know Griner, Wilson and EDD didn't play tonight either, right?

Stewie and Charles grabbed some boards but they sure didn't hit many shots.
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Stewies first game in 10 months.
 
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